Window-fastener.



L. W. GATES.

WINDOW PASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.14, 1 912.

Patented June 4, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.,WASHlNdTON, n. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS W. GATES, OF WEST HAVEN,- CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TOG. COWLES & 00., OF

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

WINDOW-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 4, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis W. GATEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Window- Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

Figure 1 a front view of a window fastener constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 a rear view of the same, showing it attached to the window casing. Fig. 3 a top or plan view of the same showing the bolt in the locked position. Fig. 4: a top or plan view of the device, detached, showing the locked position. Fig. 5 a top or plan view showing the lever turned preparatory to moving the bolt from the unlocked to the locked position. Fig. 6 a similar view showing the lever turned preparatory to moving the bolt from the locked to the unlocked position. Fig. 7 a plan view of the operating disk, detached. Fig. 8 a sectional view on the line a-b of'Fig. 7. Fig. 9 a plan view of the bolt, detached. Fig. 10 a sectional view on the line c-d of Fig. 9. Fig. 11"a top or plan view of the improved device provided with an anti-rattling rubber roll.

This invention relates to an improvement in window fasteners, and particularly for vehicle windows, and in one form is adapted to positively lock the window; or in another form, while firmly holding the window, is particularly adapted as an anti-rattling device. Devices of this character usually consist of a bolt and a lever. If these are formed in the same piece it follows that when the bolt is thrown into the locked position, the handle or lever will project out-' ward in a plane parallel with the bolt and consequently project in such a way as to be unsightly, or be in such a position as to catch upon the clothing of a person passing the window.

The object of this invention is to so 'arrange the bolt and handle or lever that when the bolt is turned into its locked position the handle may be turned at right angles to itand so as to be out of range of possible interference; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a bolt 2 loosely mounted 'on'a pivot 3 projecting downward from the hub 4 of ahandle or lever 5. The bolt is freetoturn on this pivot. The hole 6 in the bolt through which the pivot 3 passes is slightly larger than-the pivot so that the pivot may freely turn in the bolt. The hub of the handle or lever rests upon the top 7 of a casing which may be formed from sheet metal the bottom plate 8 of which is provided with screw holes 9 by which the device may be attached to a window casing. The inner end of the pivot is squared to fit into the square hole 10 in an operating disk 11 which is thereby rigidly secured to the inner end of the pivot and below the bolt 2. The under face of the bolt is formed with stops 12 and 13 formed by striking the metal downward, and the upper face of the disk is formed with corresponding stops 14 and 15 formed by striking the metal upward. These stops on the respective parts are arranged atan angle of approximately 135 and are so arranged that when the disk is turned one or the other of the stops onthe disk will engage with one or the other of the stops on the bolt 2 and so as to swing the bolt.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings the bolt is shown in its retired position. If now the handle 5 be turned, it will move into the position shown in Fig. 5, and so that the handle is substantially at right angles to the bolt without turning the bolt, and until the lug 1 1 on the operating disk engages wit-h the lug 13 on the bolt. If then, the handle is further moved, and into the position shown in Fig. 3, the lug 14 will by engaging with the lug 12, turn the bolt into its locked position, and it will benoted that in this position the handle is turned into line with the sash, and so will not project beyond it. To unlock the bolt, the handle is moved in the opposite direction and into the position shown in Fig. 6 at which time the lug 15 on the operating disk will engage with the lug 13 on the bolt, and so that continued movement of the handle into the position shown in 4 will retire the bolt and the handle will remain in line with it, and consequently will not project beyond the sash.

Instead of having the end of the bolt engage with the keeper or notch in the casing, it may be provided at its outer end with a rubber r011 16 as shown in Fig. 11; and so that when this rubber roll is turned into engagement with the sash, or if the device is connected with the sash, into engagement with the window casing, the window will be held against rattling. i

It will benoted that the casing in which the bolt and lever are mounted may be readily struck up from sheet metal,which simplifies the cost of production.

I claim The combination with a casing, of an operating handle formed with a pivot extending through the top of the casing, a bolt loosely mounted on said pivot and formed with two downwardly projecting lugs, an operating disk secured to the inner end of the pivot below the said bolt and formed with two upwardly projecting lugs adapted respectively to engage with the lugs on the bolt, and whereby when the bolt is in the operating position the lever may stand at right angles thereto, and when the bolt is retired the lever will stand in line therewith. In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, LOUIS WV. GATES. Witnesses:

C. B. MAoCoRMAo, C. M. Oos'rELLo.

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' Washington, D. 6. 

